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How They Were Found

Matt Bell

Short stories from Michigan’s indie darling.

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Varamo

César Aira

Aira creates a captivating miniature.

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Bed

David Whitehouse

Home is where the bed is.

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Other People We Married

Emma Straub

Brooklyn funny girl lightens the darkness.

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The Orange Eats Creeps

Grace Krilanovich

Teen vampire hobo junkie looks for her long lost sister.

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Lightning Rods

Helen DeWitt

Sex in the workplace takes on a whole new meaning.

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Bad Marie

Marcy Dermansky

Nice girls finish last.

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Driving on the Rim

Thomas McGuane

The legacy of Camus in small town Montana.

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Beautiful Children

Charles Bock

What happens in Vegas isn’t all glitter.

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Three Delays

Charlie Smith

Love is a drug in this romantic picaresque.

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Mr. Peanut

Adam Ross

A postmodern marital noir.

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If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This

Robin Black

A thoughtful short story debut.

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Zazen

Vanessa Veselka

A dystopian vision matched by a dark new voice in… >>

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Room

Emma Donoghue

A young woman and her son make a break for… >>

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Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

Geoff Dyer

A singular writer takes on two cities to explore approaches… >>

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The Illumination

Kevin Brockmeier

It hurts so bright.

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The Great Night

Chris Adrian

The mortal world collides with the immortal.

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Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

Two stories about two sets of mourners don’t quite make… >>

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Super Sad True Love Story

Gary Shteyngart

A super funny, not-quite sad love story for the Facebook… >>

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Joyce Carol Oates

By Tracy O’Neill

A tirelessly prolific American writer.

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Willoughby & the Moon

Greg Foley

An eye-popping kid-tested, parent-ogled picture book.

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Tinkers

Paul Harding

Filigreed sentences mark each minute of this Pulitzer Prize-winning tale… >>

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What He's Poised to Do

Ben Greenman

Snail mail makes a comeback in these short stories.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

A refreshing take on the mystery genre, complete with a… >>

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Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino

Mysterious ancient cities rise and fall throughout these 55 dreamy… >>

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The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake

Breece D’J Pancake

A posthumous gem.

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Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It

Maile Meloy

A sad little world in which the only requirements for… >>

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American Pastoral

Philip Roth

A New Jersey golden boy loses hope when his daughter… >>

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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

A broken-hearted deaf mute becomes the confidante of loners.

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Reasons to Live

Amy Hempel

With grace and wit, Hempel illuminates the struggles and regrets… >>